Being a writer can be isolating. It's good to be among readers and booksellers.
Lev Grossman
Recitation: by Male by Female
I've been incredibly blessed with good roles the past few years, but none of them compares to the experience of playing Ellsworth on 'Deadwood.' There are times when I've had as much fun or had comparably great material, but as a body of work, playing Ellsworth tops anything else in my lifetime.
Jim Beaver
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I don't think success arrives and you're suddenly happy. It's not like that. If people think that they'll be very disappointed.
Michael Hutchence
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I cannot think that when God sent us into the world, he had irreversibly decreed that we should be perpetually miserable in it. If our taking up the Cross imply our bidding adieu to all joy and satisfaction, how is it reconcilable with what Solomon expressly affirms of religion, that 'her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace?'
John Wesley
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A writer can be subjective, even digressive, or introspective and certainly judgmental. This is a simplification, of course, but as a general rule, it holds true.
Amitava Kumar
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Each wrong act brings with it its own anesthetic, dulling the conscience and blinding it against further light, and sometimes for years.
Rose Macaulay
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Some instinct - and I think it was a correct one - led me to do something difficult enough to give my life meaning.
Robyn Davidson
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Part of the reason why I've never said that I was gay until now was because I didn't want that adjective assigned to my name for all of eternity. You know, gay Rosie O'Donnell.
Rosie O'Donnell
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I am committed to working towards a more transparent, accountable, and ethical federal government worthy of the public's trust.
Mike Quigley
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I can't wait until I get to play the fat guy in the office.
Jason Momoa
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Since Hiroshima and the Holocaust, science no longer holds its pristine place as the highest moral authority. Instead, that role is taken by human rights. It follows that any assault on Jewish life - on Jews or Judaism or the Jewish state - must be cast in the language of human rights.
Jonathan Sacks
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Voters definitely believe Washington is corrupt - but most think it's bipartisan.
Chuck Todd
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I'm very honest about the things I struggle with and I need to work on to survive as a solo artist.
Aubrey O'Day
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